TREASURES OF GOD'S WORD

The bible is more than just a religious book. It is  inspired by God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof,correction and instruction in righteousness  that a man of God may be fully equipped for every good work. It  is  reveals the mysteries of God and his nature. The old testament  is  interlinked with the new testament  by  a number of scriptures  that  are similar. It is  amazing  how  words spoken by Jesus on the cross “My God, my God ,why have you forsaken me” are found in Psalms  22:1.

In Zechariah 11:12 it says  they weighed me for a price of thirty pieces of silver and the lord told me to cast it to the potter  in the house of the lord.The fact that  ancient prophet’s  words  were fulfilled in the new  testament   no doubt  verifies the truthfulness of the bible. Get to discover the treasures of God’s word as you read it daily.

PRAYER

Jesus told his disciples, “When  you pray say….” Which means prayer  is a communication to God.

These are  things that  make prayer  effective:

            Earnest prayer  of  a righteous man James 5:16

           Fasting-Some things  do not go except by prayer and fasting.

            Praying in  line with the word of God. He magnifies his word above his name. Psalms 138:2

           Faith-For without  faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6

Prayer un locks closed doors  and increases our  relationship with God. So never give up on prayer.

ARMOUR OF GOD

The bible  tells us to be  strong in the lord.

1. To guard  our  waists  with  the belt  of  truth

2. Put on the  breast plate  of righteousness.

3. Shod our feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

4. Have  faith as  a shield  at all times  to  quench all the burning arrows  shot by  the evil one

5. The  helmet  of salvation

6. The sword  of the spirit  which is the     word of God

DETERMINING GOD'S WILL

The bible  tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our mind that we may know the good ,acceptable and perfect  will of God. The will of God is in line  with the word of God.

The bible says God teaches us his word precept  upon precept. What the devil does is to sugarcoat some things and makes them too good to be true. So unless  you are well conversant with the bible it will be hard for you to escape  him.

When Jesus was in the wilderness seeking the face of God, the devil appeared at the peak of his fasting and  used the word of God to tempt him. He told him to turn the stones  in to bread if he was the son of God. It  didn’t require Jesus to perform that miracle to be justified as the son of God.He is  anyway.

Jesus  replies  with the word of God  Deutronomy 8:3  Man  shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.

What  the devil does  is to give you half truth  of the matter and confuse you.No wonder  he is the  father of lies.

The devil   continues to tell Jesus to throw  himself  over the cliff since the bible says in Psalms 91:11 that God will put his angels  in charge  of you to keep you in all your ways lest you dash your feet on a stone.

The devil  will  misinterprete the bible to make  people sin.Never  be surprised  if  at the verge  of you  praying  for something may  be a husband or wife that the devil  sends   you  someone  who  is not even  born again  and these people  are promising  the best offer. The bible  says do not be un equally yoked  with non  believers. The word  of God  is  amazing.

THE SECRET PLACE

The  secret   place  of  the  most  high  is  a place  of  separating  yourself   from   all hinderances  to   staying  in the  presence  of  God. It   is  basically  having  quiet  time,meditation  on the  word  of  God,Praying  and  fasting. Committing  every   problem   in his  hands   and  waiting  on  his  move.It’s   a  place  of   acknowledgement   that  God   is  able  to  do  all  things exceedingly, abanduntly  above  what  we  can  ever  ask  for  or  think. It  is  also  a  place of  humbling  ourselves   before  God.

The  Lord   afflicts  us  that  we  may  learn  his  statutes  and that  he  may  take  our  prayer  lives  to  another  level. Troubles  vanish  in  the presence  of God, broken  hearts  are  mended  only  in  his  presence.

BACK DOOR EVENTS

An   event   without  people  is   like building  castles  in  the  air.

People  contribute  a lot  to  the  colourfulness  of  any  occasion. Always  be  suspicious  of  people  that  opt  to  do  things  behind scenes  especially weddings.They  may  have wedded  before in church and may not want to disclose it to you. Many  may  be  covering  up their  messes  and  getting  you  in their  trap.Don’t  be  desperate  for  anything  but  always  first   investigate  about  your would  be partner before  you  can commit  to them. A number  of  people  are  wolves  dressed  in sheep skin.

MY DARKEST HOUR

The   road   to  greatness  is  never  smooth.There   will  always   be  stages   that  you  have to pass through   to  reach  your  destiny.Everyone  has   their  darkest  hour. Even   when  I  pass   through   the valley   of  the  shadow  of death  I  will  fear  no  evil   for  you  are  with me. Your  shepherd  rod   and  staff  comfort  me. The  weapons  of  our  welfare  are  not  carnal  but  they  are  mighty  through  God  to  the pulling  down  of   strongholds,casting  down  every  imagination   that  exalts   itself   against  the  knowledge  of  God   and  bringing  it  in to  captivity   to  the  obedience   of   Christ. For   we  do  not  fight   against  flesh   and  blood  but  against   powers,principalities, against  the  rulers   of  darkness,against   spiritual   wickedness  in  the  heavenly   places.At  the  point  where  we  give  up, Jesus  is  always  there.

ASK BEFORE YOU CONCLUDE

First  sight  impressions   are  never  satisfactory in life. Having  a  wrong  view  about  someone  without  finding   out  the  details  is  prejudice. Communication  is  rather  an  important  key  in any  relationship  especially   when  it  comes   to  phones  and  messages. Phone   behavior   may  either  portray   someone’s   actual   character   or  tempt   us   to   conclude   on   something   wrongly. Find   out   why   someone  hasn’t  picked   your  call  or  hasn’t   replied   your  message  amidst   the  conversation. It  could  be   a problem   or an   inevitable  circumstance or  an interruption  by  a third  party   in the   conversation. Always  give  someone  chance  to  explain  the  circumstance  under  which  such  a  scenario  happened. Rejecting   a phone  call  is  rude. Rather  keep it  in silence if  in a meeting   and  call  back   to  explain  why  it  happened. Never  take  missed  calls   for   granted  but  rather  explain  why  you  didn’t   pick  immediately  you  respond  to  the  missed  call  to  avoid  un necessary  negative  suspicions   by  the  opposite  party. Hanging  on phone  still requires  you  to  first  wait  for  one  to  end the  call  before  you  press  the  end call button. If  a friend  takes  days  without  communicating, please  call  and  find  out  why before  you  conclude. A similar  incidence  happened  to  one  of my friend only  to find out  he  had gotten  a fatal  accident  that  finally  led  to  his death.  I   never  knew  such  minor  issues  could  end  a  big  and  serious   relationship  till  I  realized. Always   have  reservations   for  any  negative  responses  and  never   revenge.